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Johan "Rassie" Erasmus OIG (born 5 November 1972) is a South African rugby union coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Springboks, the South Africa national team, currently in his second stint in the role. He led South Africa to win the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023. He is regarded as one of the greatest tactical minds of his generation.

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  • I want people to know that I’m not this monster that I’ve been portrayed as
  • Not Sure I would know what to say to any other team before a W Cup Final. Not Happening !!!
  • I hate the fact that overseas people hate me. I’m actually quite a sensitive guy. People think I’m a bully. I’m not. Ask anybody that knows me.
  • I liked it when I was known as the happy guy that people saw at the World Cup. I wish I could be known as that guy again.
  • If my own people were cool with it, and the other country’s people were cool with it, then why not?
  • But if my own people are going to hate me for it, then I would never do it. I hate the fact that so many people hate me in rugby right now.
  • I’m not a confrontational guy … I like to get on with people.
  • South Africa has my heart, but coaching England would be amazing, because I think they can win. I would love to coach Ellis Genge.
  • If South Africans accepted me doing that, like when Nick Mallett went to coach Italy, then of course I would love it.
  • If I felt like South Africans were not going to hate me on the street, then I would consider it.
  • Tony has worked really hard since the loss in the first test,We don't just want to score maul tries or scrum tries, we also want to use other opportunities so we've been working hard at that.
  • At the end of the day you just need to outscore your opposition,
  • If it means they score four tries and you kick five drop goals like Jannie de Beer at the 1999 World Cup against England, you just need to score more points than them.
  • We feel that the team is well settled and all the players delivered in their respective roles in the last two matches, so we believe selecting the same matchday squad, and naming Damian back in his regular position, makes sense,
  • there were a few small things that we didn't do well in the first 60 where were were controlling territory and possession.
  • But we didn’t get the points when we needed to, and they were clinical when they got their opportunities.
  • I’ve been involved in the Springboks now for 106 games, and we have been in a position like this before.
  • We need to find a way back now against a very good New Zealand team. We got a hiding today, so there will naturally be critics out there, and we will lay low, not read the papers and work hard to make sure we come back.
  • We need to find a way back now against a very good New Zealand team.
  • We got a hiding today, so there will naturally be critics out there, and we will lay low, not read the papers and work hard to make sure we come back.
  • We can point fingers, but we need to point them at ourselves, and keep our mouths shut so that we can come back next Saturday.
  • Nothing in that game was easy, and while the scoreline may sound convincing it was an absolute arm wrestle that could have gone any way.
  • The boys defended and defended and when we got our opportunities, we were clinical. I was really proud of the massive effort from the players.
  • It was a great result for us, but we are wary of the response we are going to get next week
  • When you get penalised every team does question if they are walking around, and they were eventually penalised for it. It was the key moment of the game, and a great moment for George Bower who came off the bench. I was really happy with the effort up front and the scrums were very solid for the last 30
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